Psalm 135 is based firmly on who God is and what he has done in history. It shows us that the natural outworking of reflecting on this is praise. Our God is above all other gods, and he cares about his people. We are his special possession who he has rescued and brought out of darkness into his wonderful light. As we meditate on all that God has done for us, let us join with the psalmist in declaring his praise.
There is so much suffering in the world. There is a lot of suffering in our own lives. And we are crying out "Where are you God?". How does God respond to this question? Psalm 22 helps us walk through why we might ask this question, what to do when we ask this question, and what God does to show us that he is always with us because of Jesus.
Let’s remember to praise and thank the Lord for ever and ever, in all circumstances, in good times and bad, because of who he is and what he has done, with our voices and our lives.
In this Psalm of praise David uses the experience of a violent storm to praise God as the Lord of Creation as well as alluding to Ancient Near Eastern myths of the storm god slaying the sea dragon of chaos and death.
According to a recent survey, people are more afraid of getting dementia than cancer. Who will I be when I've forgotten who I think I am? This sermon explores the riches the Bible and the Church offer for facing dementia and ageing in general.
According to a recent survey, people are more afraid of getting dementia than cancer. Who will I be when I've forgotten who I think I am? This sermon explores the riches the Bible and the Church offer for facing dementia and ageing in general.
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
Because Jesus is fully human, like us in every way, yet without sin, he shows us how to be human. But more than that, because he is fully human, his saving work touches every part of our humanity.
David brought the Ark of the Covenant up to Jerusalem with great fanfare. A thousand years later Jesus rode the same path on a donkey and entered the same gate as the King of Glory. Lord Jesus give us clean hands and a pure heart as we open the door of our life to you.